Trevor Bayne Wins Daytona 500: Predicting the Sprint Cup Chasers after Week 1

Trevor Bayne held off Carl Edwards in a green-white-checkered finish to become the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history at 20 years old and one day. He also became the second youngest winner in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series history. Bayne drove the historic No. 21 Wood Brothers car to victory lane at the Daytona 500 for the first time since 1976 when David Pearson glided his totaled car across the finish line after a last-second wreck with fellow Hall of Famer, Richard Petty.. "It's just bringing back the red-and-white car with the gold numbers that (David) Pearson drove—that just seemed like it put things back to normal," Wood Brothers Racing Founder Eddie Wood said. Unfortunately for Bayne, he will not be able to run for the Champion...

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